Buckle-shield.



N0. 699,317; Patented May 6, I902.

G.-L. HEMPY.

BUCKLE SHIELD.

(Application filed Jan. 20, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. HEMPY, OF BRIOE, OHIO.

BUCKLE-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,317, dated May 6,1902. h

Application filed January 20, 1902. Serial No- 90,445. (No model To [LZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. HEMPY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brice, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle-Shields; and Ido'dcclare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a buckle-shield.

The object of the invention is to provide a shield of this characterwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparativelyinexpensive of production, and which will effectually guard or shieldthe tongue of the buckle and at the same time not interfere with theengagement therewith of a strap.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustratingthe position the shield assumes in the act of engaging a strap with thetongue of the buckle, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewshowing the position of the parts after the strap has been engaged withthe tongue of the buckle.

Referring -to the drawings, 1 denotes a buckle, which may be of anywell-known or approved construction,in the preseutinstance consisting ofthe side pieces 2, the end pieces 3, the cross'piece 4, and the tongue5, pivoted to the cross-piece.

6 denotes the shield, which is pivoted to the side pieces of the bucklenear their forward ends and is angular and formed with guideflanges 7.Any suitable means may be employed for attaching the shield to thebuckle as, for instance, a pintle may be inserted through the sidepieces of the shield and through apertures 8, formed at the ends of.

the side pieces of the buckle.

WVhen in the position shown in Fig. 1, it will be noticed that the sidepieces of the angularshield serve to guide the end of the strap inbetween the side pieces of the buckle in A front of the tongue thereof.After the strap has been inserted the proper distance and strain isapplied to it the shield assumes the position shown in Fig. 2, in whichposition a straight pull upon the strap causes the forward end of theshield to be forced upward and the rear end to be forced downward intofirm engagement with the strap, thus preventing rattling of the shieldand also socurelyholdingitinits position overthetongue and effectuallyguarding the same.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isj- The combination with a buckle having a pivotedtongue, of a shield angular in length and provided withdownwardly-projecting angular side flanges which are pivotedintermediate their ends to the sides of the buckle frame at its frontend and are adapted to guide the strap between the sides of thebuckle-frame into position to be engaged with the tongue, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of. twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE L. HEM PY.

Witnesses:

'I. A. BOWMAN, J. K. BOWMAN.

